He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
WILLIAM COWPERAfter long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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